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    "id": 919484,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Garissa Township, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Aden Duale",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Aden Bare Duale",
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    "content": "with the one defining the term “secretary”. We are trying to legislate on an administrative matter. When you say “in the absence of the secretary, any other person exercising the functions of the secretary”, who is the other person? You cannot do that in law. If the secretary is not feeling well or he is away, there is the deputy or even the Clerk of the National Assembly who can take the minutes. Let us not create a provision for “any other person”. Who is any other person? Is it somebody from the street? The Chair has to withdraw this amendment. Sometimes, you do not stick to your guns. You are a good man and you are a ranking Member. We cannot say “any other person”. We have never done that in law. The Secretary to the Commission is always there. Even when the Speaker, who is the Chairman, is away, there is a Vice-Chair. Even when the Vice-Chair is away, another Member will chair. You are over-legislating. In fact, you are mentioning “any other person”. That is very dangerous."
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